Body image in adolescence: Cross-cultural research - Results of the preliminary phase of a quantitative survey

Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 127, 1997, Pages 735-745

  Ferron, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031217418     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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